Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Port Harcourt Zonal Office have arrested five suspected fake Satellite Television Operators.
The suspects: Davidson Onuoha, Emeka Samuel, Eze Francis Sunny Amadi, Terkura Zungwem Veronica and Evangelist Alex Umanah, were arrested in a simultaneous raid on their companies on Saturday at three different locations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Their arrest followed several weeks of intense intelligence on the suspects, their residences and operations by operatives of the EFCC.
The suspects were allegedly rebroadcasting content of the Digital Satellite Television illegally in their companies.
The companies are CANTV at Aba Road, Port Harcourt; METROTV at Rivers State Television Complex, Eagle Avenue, Iriebe, Port Harcourt; and Cable Trends Limited at Eleme Junction, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Items recovered from the suspects included GOtv decoders; Star Times decoders; DStv decoders; Free to Air secoder (Strong); Consat decoder; and One Direct decoder.
Others are Encoder, Switches, Central Processing Units and Monitors.
The suspects would be charged to court when investigations are concluded.
Port Harcourt’s Zonal Head of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, cautioned the general public to be wary of the operations of illegal Satellite Operators, stressing that there are rising cases of such activities across the country.
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